Monday November 30, 2009

CfBT APPOINTS SIR JIM ROSE TO ITS BOARD OF TRUSTEES


Leading education charity CfBT Education Trust is delighted to welcome Sir Jim Rose to its Board of Trustees as the new Chair of CfBT’s Education Committee.

Sir Jim officially began his new role on November 19, 2009 at CfBT’s Annual General Meeting in Reading. CfBT’s Education Committee oversees the educational impact of the charity’s work and it also manages the funding for CfBT’s research and development portfolio.

Sir Jim brings a wealth of educational experience and expertise to his new role at CfBT. Formerly Her Majesty’s Inspector (HMI) and Director of Inspection for the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted) he retired from Ofsted in July 1999 and more recently he has acted as a consultant to the Department for Children, Schools and Families on nursery and primary education, and workforce training. In 2006 he was invited by the Secretary of State to lead the Independent Review of the Teaching of Early Reading and in April 2009 he published an independent review of the primary curriculum.

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Notes for Editors:

CfBT Education Trust is a leading education consultancy and service organisation. Our object is to provide education for public benefit both in the UK and internationally. Established 40 years ago CfBT Education Trust now has an annual turnover exceeding £100 million and employs more than 2,500 staff worldwide who support educational reform, teach, advise, research and train.

As a not-for-profit organisation we commit around £1million of our surpluses every year for practice-based educational research.

Visit www.cfbt.com for more information.

For more information contact:
Gillian Goode
Marketing Communications Officer
CfBT Education Trust
60 Queens Road
Reading
Berkshire
RG1 4BS
Tel: 0118 902 1841
Email: ggoode@cfbt.com
www.cfbt.com